Universal voluntary HIV testing in antenatal care settings: A review of the contribution of provider-initiated testing & counselling

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-70

  Hensen, Bernadette ^a   Baggaley, Rachel ^b   Wong, Vincent J ^c   Grabbe, Kristina L ^c   Shaffer, Nathan ^b   Lo, Ying Ru Jacqueline ^b   Hargreaves, James ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests routine; Human immunodeficiency virus; Infection transmission vertical; Pregnant women; Prevention of mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PREGNANCY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROVIDER INITIATED TESTING AND COUNSELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84155170830     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02893.x     Document Type: Article

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